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Support the NCT Big Push
NCT, the UK’s largest charity for parents, is asking you to push your pram, slip on your sling or take your toddlers by the hand and get your family and friends together for The Big Push this summer, a sponsored buggy push to raise funds to help further the charity’s work with new parents in…
Saying goodbye after losing a baby
The loss of a baby is a devastating and traumatic experience for the mother, father and those close to them. And yet the life of a baby who dies before 24 weeks gestation is not recorded with a certificate which leaves the parent with no official recognition of the baby’s life. The numbers involved are…
Posted in Charity, Losing a baby
Tagged charity, losing a baby, Maternal death, Miscarriage, Miscarriage Association, Saying Goodbye events
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Charities unite for World Meningitis Day
Meningitis Research Foundation, the Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK say that meningitis and septicaemia kill more under-fives than any other infectious disease in this country. Around 300 people in the UK die from the disease each year and six families a week face the devastation of losing a loved-one. The three leading UK meningitis charities have…
The importance of folic acid
New film explains the importance of folic acid to any woman who can have a baby A new film entitled ‘I am a …’ has been released by the national charity Shine as part of their campaign Go Folic! which aims to communicate the message that taking folic acid is essential in preventing birth defects…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Charity, Preparing your body, Special Needs
Tagged charity, Folic acid, Go Folic, Hydrocephalus, News, Pregnancy, special needs, Spina bifida
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The UK M.U.M Awards for 2012
M.U.M stands for Maternity Unit Miracles and is brought to you by Baby Lifeline – the leading mother and baby charity. Bringing a baby safely into the world is a formidable task and requires a huge team effort and the combined skills of midwives, obstetricians, paediatricians, anaesthetists, health visitors and paramedics. If you or any…
Posted in Baby, Charity, News
Tagged awards, Baby, Baby Lifeline, charity, fundraising, Maternity, Miracle Unit, Mum, News, UK, UK Maternity Unit Miracles Awards
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Website to help parents of children with cancer
With 10 children a day being diagnosed with cancer and many having to spend extended periods of time in hospital, it is hoped that a new website from the Children’s Cancer Recovery Project – http://childrenscancerrecovery.org.uk – will offer welcomed advice and support to parents and families affected by the disease. Developed using feedback from parents…
Posted in Charity
Tagged Cancer, cancer treatment, charity, Child Health, Family, News, treatment
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Ramblers tips to get children walking
Need some tips on how to get your family out and walking this Easter holiday? There’s no need to go far to search for fun this Easter Holiday – the Ramblers is urging families to head to their nearest stretch of countryside, coast or green space to spend an active Easter outdoors. Britain’s walking charity…
Posted in News, Parenting
Tagged charity, Child development, Children, Easter, physical activities, walking
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Chocs away for charit-TEA!
The Sick Children’s Trust are calling upon the people of the UK to join their third annual Big Chocolate Tea Party this April and raise thousands of pounds for families in need by enjoying their favourite chocolate treat with a cup of tea. People from all walks of life are being invited to boil the…
Posted in Charity, News
Tagged charity, Children, Chocolate, fundraising, Great Hall, Hospital, News, Party, Rainbow House, sick
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Chatting to your mum!
We all love a chat, especially with our mums don’t we? Well, the average woman will spend the equivalent of four-and-a-half months of her life chatting on the phone – to her mum! Research revealed most women make at least one call a day to their mum with the conversation lasting 21 minutes. Incredibly, one…
Free workshop for special educational needs
National charity Young Epilepsy is pleased to invite parents and carers from across England to a workshop about special educational needs funding. The one-hour workshop, which is part of a half-day Open Day at the charity’s headquarters, will take place on Wednesday 14 March, and will be led by Deborah Hay, a barrister at Hardwicke…
Posted in News, Special Needs
Tagged charity, early years education, epidemics, epilepsy, Registered Charity, special needs
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